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Osmania University

Osmania University (also known as OU in short) is a public university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is one of the largest university systems in the subcontinent with over 300,000 students on its various campuses and affiliated colleges. It is particularly well known for its Engineering and Technology departments. Its faculty of management is considered as one of the best management institutions under the university system. Osmania Medical College was once part of the same university system. It is now transferred under the supervision of NTR Health University, AP, India.

History

Founded in 1918 by the Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad state, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Osmania University is the seventh oldest institution of higher learning in India, the third oldest in southern India and the first to be established in the erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad . For almost nine decades, it has sustained an integrated development of all faculties. It has contributed to the academic, social, and economic development of the region and the nation as a whole.

Education, research and admissions

Osmania university is a non-profit university, which funded and managed by the government. Admissions into bachelor of engineering, masters and doctoral programs of this university is purely on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations for each of the courses offered. The research activities are funded by various agencies like UGC (University Grants Commission) or by CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) which are autonomous agencies of government of India. Osmania University, founded by the Nizam in 1918, is the seventh oldest in India.

Campus

Osmania has a campus of nearly 1600 acres (6 km²). Osmania University is perhaps the largest higher education system in the country . The university attracts students from all across the nation as well as from various other countries. It is the home to nearly 300,000 students pursuing their higher studies in its campus, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres. Its faculty and staff number nearly 5,000.

In the year 2001, Osmania University had the distinction of being awarded the five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India .

College of Commerce and Business Management

The Department of Business Management, Osmania University has been offering an MBA program since 1964. This program has been consistently ranked as one of the best MBA programs in India . Only 60 students from over 100,000 applicants make it into this MBA program through a competitive exam. Besides M.B.A it offers Ph.D in management also.It has tie up with various institutions like college of defence management to offer MMS for senior military officers,Deccan school of hospital management and Apollo institute of Hospital administration to offer MHM.It offers MPM in association with Sarder Vallabhai Patel institute of police administration.

College of Engineering and Technology

The College of Engineering (OUCE), established in 1929, offers B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), M.E (Master of Engineering), and Ph.D. programs in various engineering fields. It is an autonomous college and arguably the best engineering college in Andhra Pradesh.The College due to its tremendous academic pursuit and excellence of its alumni has been given the status of IIT which places it amongst the very elite of the engineering colleges in the country as per the S.K Joshi committee which chose seven engineering colleges from around the country for conversion to IIT which places it well above the NIT's and REC's in terms of Technical Education.. The College of technology is one of the best colleges of Chemical Engineering in southern India . This college evolved from applied chemistry department. It offers Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering and Food Technology courses.